Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-23
STAINS RECORD.
-vr ALLEGED DTXTER MURDEREa's
CAREKR IN mEDFIgLD.
c,,,,,, aud Dishonest Trick,-FreQuently
Suspected Of rhefis, Arson, aud
Ivsn OF Murder.

srrecied Of Thefis, Arson, aud
Ivsn Of Murder.
NcdGcld (MGss.) special says: II
100, revspapcr we're without warning
srnonncc condition of affairs in a
,rm New England community such as
las existed in Modfiold, Mass, during
A., rast twenty-five years, the account
v.ria be- pat down IN the popular esti.
Teton as 4.iouaiism Of M arrant
,-r Tor duhohcal mischief. for a
cord as law. Tor an unchecked ca
-r a lc,r,c, The history Of the
'r,.,. pc>,r bauk robbers, claimed
~ have leon uueirihod by Sheriff
Mitchell 81 NoTogcwotk, Ne, Is as
t.a,.- as thc p.gcs OF detective
,,,,lv Gaborcau.
Hoe id quiet Massachusetts farm.
..r community. situated on the line
.,tr, Nonsocstt division Of the New
N.l ard New England railway. The
Station is on % broad clearing with n
NV u@;ly-painted houses in sight.
Tlr country generally is covered with
second growth timber with farms and
.n.u manufactures scattered about.
aB peaceful and serene to the eye.
1AvLrssNEss N ,.1DTIELD.
s. file town has appeared by day for
,,ll, past. bat after nightfali strange
,lncS have occurred in Med6cld. not
tv.r.v miles from Boston, and the
f.-pciado, the thief, the incendiary
f., loli carnival within her ancient
limits.
D. the course Of conversation with
.. Dl citizen to-day, the N raid cor
-..,eud,ut was furnished with a state
r,rt If the past condition Of affairs
"Ntdfcld, tins gentleman said, " is
.a Oh town. The majority Of the resi-
..a,> have been small farmers, worthy
Boo, SIMPLE people, law-abidinG to
ta't lou have a proof of the last
,trt'onod fact when the latitude taken
vm,n Of the StNn-Cromwell order Is
remembered. INA tho comparatively
tln.y-settltd township number Of
.vlcss men found an abiding-place.
In the day twenty years ago, when
uor was more plentiful in the COM
., than at present, there is no question
.. that Siam was the master-spirit Of
co'erc Of ra,cals who terrorizcl the
immunity. more, perhaps, by violent
uncrs thsn by the recognized per
.rmance ol acts ~ crime. They car
rcd On a course of petty depredItions
iot unaccompaniel by occasional
arson. AMI the long suffering publi,
endured and submitted because OF the
Characteristic law abiding nature Of the
native New Englandcr 1t was in most
instances difficult 10 trace the crimes to
.hor source While men did not doubt
who tie Perpetrators were, II was ap-
uIcutly impossible to adduce legal
proof.
"I think there has been much OK
creation IN tie newspapers OF the
tomas Of Stain and Cromwell but
tf,re is. to mv KNOWLEDGE. ample proof
e o. career If lav-breahing Oh their
rrli Which j. discIcd.ta1lc % Meddcld
rt 90 Massachusetts,. ~
STAINS ALLEGED cEUlos.
tn,ur ~. crimes lail at Stains
Par ore thc lu,uin- Of the Congrcga-
iona. clmch iu A'e.Geld. 1t was ahne
old wooden coffee of a period OF fifty
years ago. STAIN iancied some inllry
- tLo hands az one Of the dcacous. In
,ey.roe. ACCORDING to the statement Of
his son. Frank, VINO is the direct ac-
cuscr I'M all of the instances hereafter
enumerated. the clrrcA was fired and
totally DESTROYED. Di Mr.. Robbins, a
s,noll' manufacture. mad some words
Mil, Stain. Soon alter the midnight
.lvvas Illuminated ny the glare of the
farming factory. Then Stains ogn
house. which ,,as we'll insured. was de-
suoycd 10y ire. Young stain lys tlat
ms ihthcr was '-e i'.'Y'.I'.ol -. . 49,
' .I"n..IaH ~ :, r,-,,n at the time, g."
Tr.r.l- sad. "Orc6qv father came into
r'@,i,c. .vlore worked and wanted
cav -,.l,,4.,. Ii.1G.li and burn the
i..r.. and In1line-. WAS afraid
g.. =, ANYTHING like That. / toli
..I.r. .o Father Ul not like il, but
-.,tavav u Was bu: very short
...-. attn Tins tnl. fathers buildings
,.r. lnrped. Ihs G.c started in tac
-.ltaudtle alarm was given by the
aiug OF O. dog in the mouse. Father
..rm,nc,d clearing the things out OF
81 house. re did not try t. Pu' oul
,.r fire ht ail. WINE Tue niG W " -
gu . i''','''' V.'' ~ rs AMI bTrt her
l.r ..'.' ~ iIi-S,';-. v,s Injured and
..'...-t' 1it' ,'.' ~ - 81
.,.'.i s0 t'l1 me-" said Sheriff
,..t 'l''' "N.,t1is father burned ms
.''.,r ' ."me Years later, bat he
I'm orvof lie particulars, aud
,li.i. dat he was there az the
-. go 'cr,,rr,d
.....-..l.
EcrED OF "IFI'f'i7oNlN''
...s believed bv tho people in
nat stain POISONED this step
,rfcIred TO as having been
.r down stars at the time of the
John Harvey, former member
..-....,- oang has sud the same
TlsT.v,. the woman vas Har-
"...;t,- SIAM wanted to get rid OF
,.. ~ h.. WIS counting another
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